Florian, The user is in both lp and lpadmin groups, but I configure the printer as root. It's quite likely I have something mixed up - the system is 15 years old and I've ran into several problems over the years. Nothing this unsurmountable though. I'm really stuck. The output you requested: # dpkg -l cups\* libcups\* ghostscript\* libgs? gs-\* | awk '/^i/{print $1,$2,$3}' ii cups 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cups-bsd 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cups-client 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cups-common 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cups-driver-gutenprint 5.0.2-4 ii cupsys 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cupsys-bsd 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cupsys-client 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii cupsys-common 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii ghostscript-x 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 ii gs-common 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 ii libcups2 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii libcupsimage2 1.3.8-1lenny4.1 ii libcupsys2 1.3.8-1+lenny6 ii libgs8 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 |